I Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag lyrics

Well, come on all of you big strong men

Uncle Sam needs your help again

Got himself in a terrible jam

Way down yonder in Vietnam

Put down your books and pick up a gun

We're going to have a whole lot of fun

And it's 1, 2, 3

What are we fighting for?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn

Next stop is Vietnam

And it's 5, 6, 7

Open up the pearly gates

Well, there ain't no time to wonder why

Whoopee!

We're all going to die

Come on generals let's move fast

Your big chance has come at last

Now you can go out and get those reds

The only good Commie is the one that's dead

And you know that peace can only be won

When we've blown them all to kingdom come

And it's 1, 2, 3

What are we fighting for?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn

Next stop is Vietnam

And it's 5, 6, 7

Open up the pearly gates

Well, there ain't no time to wonder why

Whoopee!

We're all going to die

Come on Wall Street don't be slow

Why man, this war-a-go-go

There's plenty good money to be made

Supplying the Army with the tools of the trade

Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb

They drop it on the Viet Cong

And it's 1, 2, 3

What are we fighting for?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn

Next stop is Vietnam

And it's 5, 6, 7

Open up the pearly gates

Well, there ain't no time to wonder why

Whoopee!

We're all going to die

Now come on mothers throughout the land

Pack your boys off to Vietnam

Come on fathers don't hesitate

Send your sons off before it's too late

And you can be the first one on your block

To have your boy come home in a box

And it's 1, 2, 3

What are we fighting for?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn

Next stop is Vietnam

El Salvador, Nicaragua, Lebanon, Angora!

Oh yeah, there ain't no time to wonder why

Whoopee!

We're all going to die

Hey!

[scat singing]

Oh yeah

• Artist:Country Joe McDonald
• Album:Vietnam Experience (1985)